Weather Records on 18 February 2024

860 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 2024. Highest significance: West Terschelling, NL.

Key Facts for 18 February 2024

On 18 February 2024, 860 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 823 daily.
West Terschelling set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 18 February 2024.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

860 stations

860 station records on 18 February 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Obdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
De Kooy	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rabbit Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	49.3 C (120.7 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kornwerderzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oost Vlieland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Formerum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Theresa 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	49.9 C (121.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Suifenhe	China	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Hay Creek	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.6 C (110.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fukui	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okayama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anqing	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lattakia	Syria	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Badgingarra Research STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yanzhou	China	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dongtai	China	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yokohama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hikone	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hita	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baitag	Mongolia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.8 C (-46.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sutter Hill Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McCammon	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Hay Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

860 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 18 February 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 18 February 2024 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 33, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

800 broken records

Margins by which the 800 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 2024

Top 20 records on 18 February 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 2024	West Terschelling, NL	monthly rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	128 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Obdam, NL	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	De Kooy, NL	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Rabbit Flat, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Geraldton Airport, AU	all-time high max	49.3 C (120.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Kornwerderzand, NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Tennant Creek Airport, AU	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Bergen (Nh), NL	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Vilsteren, NL	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Leeuwarden, NL	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Oost Vlieland, NL	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Formerum, NL	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Eelde, NL	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Cet Central England, GB	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Oberstdorf, DE	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Takada, JP	daily high max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Aikawa, JP	daily high max	18.6 C (65.5 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 2024	Hefei, CN	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	61 years	39 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2024. 2024 had 860 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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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	789
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1