Weather Records on 18 January 2025

988 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 2025. Highest significance: Krambach (Bellevue), AU.

Key Facts for 18 January 2025

On 18 January 2025, 988 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
487 were record highs and 372 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 962 daily.
Krambach (Bellevue) set a daily record precipitation of 138.0 mm (5.4 in) on 18 January 2025.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

988 stations

988 station records on 18 January 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 January 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Craven (Longview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog - Main Creek (Yeranda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bryah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Chichester (Simmonds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mora Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Romanovka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Killawarra (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Douala	Cameroon	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrow Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Maretto)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huailai	China	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boden	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Friendship	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yalleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea (Catherine St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chunggang	Korea, North	Record high minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorjacinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arvidsjaur_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orlinga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vittangi	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

988 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 286, Lowest daily maximum 216, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 18 January 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	286
Lowest daily maximum	216
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 18 January 2025 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 962.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

877 broken records

Margins by which the 877 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 January 2025

Top 20 records on 18 January 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 January 2025	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 January 2025	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2025	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2025	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 January 2025	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Craven (Longview), AU	daily rain	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Millrose, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Riverton, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Dungog - Main Creek (Yeranda), AU	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Bryah, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Upper Chichester (Simmonds), AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Yanrey, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Mora Camp, PR	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Estes Park, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Neds Creek, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Chichester Dam, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Romanovka, RU	daily high max	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Vanersborg, SE	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Killawarra (Uralba), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 2025	Douala, CM	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	41 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 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2025. 2025 had 988 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 20	838
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1