Weather Records on 18 February 1955

795 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1955. Highest significance: Darwin Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 18 February 1955

On 18 February 1955, 795 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 762 daily.
Darwin Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 279.4 mm (11.0 in) on 18 February 1955.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

795 stations

795 station records on 18 February 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Danger Point - Vrt.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kwobrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fernbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nyerilup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Radyr Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tingley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ongerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colunio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wicka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington Mills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Invergwali	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kukerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

795 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 455, Heaviest daily snowfall 115, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 18 February 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	455
Heaviest daily snowfall	115
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 18 February 1955 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1955

Top 20 records on 18 February 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1955	Darwin Post Office, AU	monthly rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 years	76 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1955	Caledon (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1955	Pallinup, AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1955	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1955	Groot Constantia, ZA	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1955	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1955	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1955	Rottnest Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Bedford, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Rockingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Jerramungup, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Danger Point - Vrt., ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Tussenbeide, ZA	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Green Rvr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Mandurah Park, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Maybrook, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1955	Perillup, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 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

1794 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 795 records.

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

Records on 02-18 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1809	1
1813	2
1827	2
1838	1
1846	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1880	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1895	6
1896	7
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	10
1901	5
1902	3
1903	31
1904	8
1905	11
1906	10
1907	10
1908	10
1909	12
1910	21
1911	42
1912	28
1913	29
1914	15
1915	20
1916	24
1917	44
1918	112
1919	500
1920	39
1921	86
1922	58
1923	97
1924	174
1925	66
1926	231
1927	310
1928	462
1929	483
1930	628
1931	371
1932	200
1933	134
1934	217
1935	137
1936	1,487
1937	284
1938	775
1939	308
1940	407
1941	164
1942	579
1943	436
1944	465
1945	205
1946	793
1947	248
1948	783
1949	543
1950	721
1951	642
1952	510
1953	148
1954	596
1955	795
1956	1,016
1957	322
1958	1,549
1959	695
1960	366
1961	1,418
1962	605
1963	359
1964	249
1965	306
1966	711
1967	537
1968	478
1969	456
1970	454
1971	822
1972	445
1973	690
1974	467
1975	682
1976	1,075
1977	799
1978	1,766
1979	2,300
1980	1,018
1981	2,438
1982	574
1983	620
1984	912
1985	690
1986	1,679
1987	528
1988	585
1989	1,034
1990	1,324
1991	937
1992	488
1993	1,960
1994	889
1995	939
1996	1,031
1997	1,039
1998	1,892
1999	644
2000	1,249
2001	470
2002	832
2003	1,128
2004	968
2005	595
2006	1,872
2007	835
2008	989
2009	664
2010	1,634
2011	1,600
2012	628
2013	388
2014	846
2015	831
2016	794
2017	1,033
2018	611
2019	1,411
2020	1,050
2021	1,711
2022	1,144
2023	984
2024	860
2025	1,063
2026	1,127

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Data for records on 1955-02-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	640
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	1