Weather Records on 12 January 1918

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1918. Highest significance: Parry Sound, CA.

Key Facts for 12 January 1918

On 12 January 1918, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 130 daily.
Parry Sound set an all-time record daily snowfall of 81.3 cm (32.0 in) on 12 January 1918.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 12 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dural Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merungle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wargam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1918 by type: Lowest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 13, daily 130.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1918

Top 20 records on 12 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1918	Parry Sound, CA	all-time snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1918	Wunnamurra, AU	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1918	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Groongal (Groongal Station), AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Parry Sound, CA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Burwood 1, AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Prospect Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Burrabogie, AU	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Groongal (Gundaline), AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1918	Urana (Butherwah), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1918	Hay (Illilawa), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1918	Epping Chester Street, AU	monthly rain	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1918	Dural Public School, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1918	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	all-time rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1918	Maccue, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1918	Katandra North, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1918. 1918 had 148 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	133
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1