Weather Records on 18 January 2023

941 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2023. Highest significance: Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 18 January 2023

On 18 January 2023, 941 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
359 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 897 daily.
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 18 January 2023.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

941 stations

941 station records on 18 January 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.3 cm (13.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elsmere 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crofton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miskolc	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elsmere 9 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Ft Laramie	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Miller Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canyonlands-the Neck	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Almaden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northglenn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bursa	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loveland 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canaday Steam Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake George 8 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jensen	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

941 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 83, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 18 January 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	83
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 18 January 2023 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 42, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

790 broken records

Margins by which the 790 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 2023

Top 20 records on 18 January 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2023	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2023	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Julesburg, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	N Platte Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Maroonah, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Arthur, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Tg Jiu, RO	monthly high min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	N Platte Rgnl AP, US	all-time snowfall	35.3 cm (13.9 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	N Platte Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Meeker, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	107 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Elsmere 9 ENE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Crofton, US	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Hershey 5 SSE, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Miller, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Williams, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2023	Aspendell, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	100 years	49 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 941 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	745
100 to 200	31
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1