Weather Records on 18 January 2020

932 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2020. Highest significance: Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU.

Key Facts for 18 January 2020

On 18 January 2020, 932 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 912 daily.
Tweed Heads Golf Club set a daily record precipitation of 195.0 mm (7.7 in) on 18 January 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

932 stations

932 station records on 18 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	251.4 mm (9.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dunollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nagqu	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Baudette	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Miami Bardon Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	305.6 mm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalie Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wunburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elanora Water Treatment Plant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.0 mm (9.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aubigny Purrawunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Applethorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murralah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Killara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pampas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Doon Doon (McCabes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kunghur (the Junction)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscliff (Marine Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Mudgeeraba Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah (Bray Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Beach (Avalon (Palmgrov	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shailer Park Oregon Drve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah (Taleswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.2 mm (8.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Posio Raistakka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kewanee 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Festus	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brillion	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warragai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbank Thompson Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Italy (Vineyard Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

932 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 443, Heaviest daily snowfall 175, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 18 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	175
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 18 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 912.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

823 broken records

Margins by which the 823 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 2020

Top 20 records on 18 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2020	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	114 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 January 2020	Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar, AU	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	102.7 mm (4.0 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Maryland, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	150 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Condamine Plains, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	251.4 mm (9.9 in)	169.6 mm (6.7 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Sibley, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	124 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Dunollie, AU	daily rain	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Emmetsburg, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	124 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Nagqu, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Baudette, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	112 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Miami Bardon Ave, AU	monthly rain	305.6 mm (12.0 in)	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Canton, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	97 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2020	Rock Rapids, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	124 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2020	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2020	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2020	Sapphire Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2020	Greenwell Point Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	57 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 932 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	710
50 to 100	86
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1