Weather Records on 18 December 2018

464 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 2018. Highest significance: Sambalpur, IN.

Key Facts for 18 December 2018

On 18 December 2018, 464 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
261 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 457 daily.
Sambalpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.9 mm (2.9 in) on 18 December 2018.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

464 stations

464 station records on 18 December 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wiseman	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jharsuguda	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
M.O. Ranchi	India	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harts Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Alto Intl	Bolivia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belmullet	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clackamas Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lind 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morse Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenpoint	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coulee Dam 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corral Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hogg Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pekoa Airport (Sant	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	320.0 mm (12.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Touchet	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Creek 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peavine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bajkit	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
High Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Surprise Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bahia Blanca Aero	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jindare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ny-Alesund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

464 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 18 December 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 18 December 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 2018

Top 20 records on 18 December 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 2018	Sambalpur, IN	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	111 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 December 2018	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 December 2018	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2018	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Mullan Pass Vor/Dme, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Wiseman, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Vishakhapatnam, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Jharsuguda, IN	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	M.O. Ranchi, IN	daily low max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Dallas 2 NE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Barrow AP, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Flagler 1S, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Harts Pass, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily high max	38.1 C (100.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	El Alto Intl, BO	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Belmullet, IE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Clear Lake, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	Stampede Pass, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2018	A Coruna, ES	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	72 years	37 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

1793 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 464 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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 50	364
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1