January-February 2018 reported 19.7% of all 859 available stations with 20-yr daily extremes, 2nd only to 1997 (21.2%), but not associated with any significant trend. Regional counts were record-breaking in the Northeast with 51.0%, 5th highest on record in Ohio valley (33.3%), moderate in the Midwest (20.0% ties for 10th rank) and 21.7% in the South (12th). Only the South featured a significant trend through 2017 in this season (+4.4% per century; p=96%).

There was one $1.1B disaster ( https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events): A Nor'easter caused damage across many Northeastern states that clearly contributed to the record-breaking total of 51% stations with 20-yr extremes. This storm also resulted in 22 fatalities.