Weather Records on 18 January 2022

423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2022. Highest significance: Canandaigua 3 S, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 2022

On 18 January 2022, 423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 405 daily.
Canandaigua 3 S set an all-time record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 18 January 2022.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

423 stations

423 station records on 18 January 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rushford	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Mobella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Duri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosman	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Commonwealth Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caesars Head	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville AP	United States	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocha	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valljord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Mulgathing)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chongqing	China	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Falls Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
March AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Eba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Free Union	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neuquen Aero	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corrientes	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mondy	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maanti	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

423 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 71, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 18 January 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 18 January 2022 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 405.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 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 January 2022

Top 20 records on 18 January 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2022	Canandaigua 3 S, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2022	Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak), AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2022	Lajes Ab, PT	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2022	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2022	Donora 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2022	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	monthly snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	0.7 cm (0.3 in)	127 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Rushford, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Steigen, NO	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Bayard, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Tarcoola (Mobella), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Duri Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Canandaigua 3 S, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Marion, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Warren 3 S, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	128 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Sortland-Kleiva, NO	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Banner Elk, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Turkestan, KZ	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Macedon Lock E30, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2022	Rosman, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	41 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2022. 2022 had 423 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 50	314
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1