Weather Records on 18 January 2019

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2019. Highest significance: Gazandzhyk, TM.

Key Facts for 18 January 2019

On 18 January 2019, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 475 daily.
Gazandzhyk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 18 January 2019.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 18 January 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gazandzhyk	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tracy	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burro Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sitiawan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danang Intl	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiksi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrold 12 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rabbit Ears	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Mountain Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tole Bi	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Craig 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow 14 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jensen	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loma	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 95, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 18 January 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	95
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 18 January 2019 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 10, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 440.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 2019

Top 20 records on 18 January 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2019	Gazandzhyk, TM	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	78 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2019	Tracy, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Mc Laughlin 2SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Spanish Fk Pwr House, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Green Rvr, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Hayden, US	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Dupree, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Santaquin Chlorinator, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Dickson, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Inhambane, MZ	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Highmore, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Bowdle, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	105 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Crested Butte, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Burro Mountain, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2019	Crested Butte, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	103 years	46 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2019. 2019 had 490 records.

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

Records on 01-18 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1804	2
1809	1
1828	2
1834	2
1838	2
1841	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1879	1
1883	1
1886	2
1887	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1893	5
1894	8
1895	3
1896	7
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	4
1902	1
1903	2
1904	21
1905	16
1906	30
1907	8
1908	15
1909	5
1910	50
1911	101
1912	5
1913	58
1914	30
1915	57
1916	53
1917	53
1918	65
1919	38
1920	109
1921	72
1922	28
1923	166
1924	62
1925	188
1926	233
1927	233
1928	451
1929	588
1930	951
1931	235
1932	221
1933	343
1934	136
1935	400
1936	385
1937	475
1938	194
1939	285
1940	1,364
1941	277
1942	617
1943	1,380
1944	589
1945	363
1946	1,142
1947	290
1948	717
1949	664
1950	1,184
1951	748
1952	440
1953	444
1954	347
1955	487
1956	387
1957	830
1958	345
1959	613
1960	561
1961	287
1962	652
1963	478
1964	302
1965	537
1966	369
1967	523
1968	508
1969	616
1970	796
1971	953
1972	729
1973	1,334
1974	1,077
1975	822
1976	835
1977	2,053
1978	1,365
1979	997
1980	517
1981	1,072
1982	1,267
1983	581
1984	1,630
1985	536
1986	1,359
1987	1,419
1988	825
1989	679
1990	1,536
1991	612
1992	718
1993	1,383
1994	2,673
1995	907
1996	2,155
1997	1,026
1998	887
1999	909
2000	1,141
2001	639
2002	554
2003	826
2004	662
2005	807
2006	1,229
2007	2,059
2008	947
2009	682
2010	720
2011	755
2012	914
2013	709
2014	442
2015	526
2016	599
2017	799
2018	1,032
2019	490
2020	932
2021	371
2022	423
2023	941
2024	1,075
2025	988
2026	351

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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 100	398
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1