Weather Records on 18 April 1995

1,601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1995. Highest significance: Kennebec, US.

Key Facts for 18 April 1995

On 18 April 1995, 1,601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
471 were record highs and 292 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 1,533 daily.
Kennebec set an all-time record daily snowfall of 58.4 cm (23.0 in) on 18 April 1995.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,601 stations

1,601 station records on 18 April 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Winner	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wood	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ainsworth	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mission 14 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Miller Fld AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tomelilla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tapanatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Platte	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Capela Do Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,601 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 199, Highest daily minimum 299, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 630, Heaviest daily snowfall 126, Deepest snow cover 82.

Records on 18 April 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	199
Highest daily minimum	299
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	630
Heaviest daily snowfall	126
Deepest snow cover	82

Records on 18 April 1995 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 59, daily 1,533.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,341 broken records

Margins by which the 1,341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1995

Top 20 records on 18 April 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1995	Kennebec, US	all-time snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	75 years	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 April 1995	Creighton, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	98 years	76 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Newport, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	95 years	76 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Wessington Springs, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	75 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Winner, US	all-time snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 years	74 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Newport, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	98 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Kennebec, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Wood, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Ainsworth, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Tyndall, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	101 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Kenton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Highmore, US	all-time snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Mission 14 S, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Ainsworth, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Armour, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	98 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1995	Madrid, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	94 years	59 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

1793 to 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1995. 1995 had 1,601 records.

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

Records on 04-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	2
1815	1
1838	1
1847	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	3
1854	3
1855	1
1865	4
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1875	4
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1884	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	5
1894	7
1895	2
1896	3
1897	5
1898	8
1899	2
1900	2
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	9
1905	12
1906	18
1907	17
1908	37
1909	19
1910	19
1911	25
1912	21
1913	26
1914	38
1915	31
1916	22
1917	40
1918	76
1919	16
1920	64
1921	58
1922	85
1923	107
1924	101
1925	154
1926	322
1927	391
1928	323
1929	126
1930	113
1931	173
1932	326
1933	211
1934	391
1935	264
1936	483
1937	477
1938	711
1939	525
1940	322
1941	496
1942	287
1943	298
1944	259
1945	371
1946	357
1947	444
1948	932
1949	345
1950	244
1951	658
1952	536
1953	1,322
1954	442
1955	817
1956	467
1957	629
1958	370
1959	468
1960	320
1961	520
1962	484
1963	662
1964	449
1965	363
1966	776
1967	882
1968	867
1969	795
1970	771
1971	1,106
1972	470
1973	953
1974	326
1975	751
1976	1,309
1977	717
1978	803
1979	841
1980	842
1981	708
1982	616
1983	2,082
1984	625
1985	1,119
1986	622
1987	1,068
1988	936
1989	625
1990	1,368
1991	780
1992	702
1993	730
1994	1,218
1995	1,601
1996	826
1997	1,256
1998	1,011
1999	1,428
2000	912
2001	1,487
2002	2,084
2003	969
2004	846
2005	622
2006	1,262
2007	675
2008	913
2009	624
2010	478
2011	1,122
2012	744
2013	2,509
2014	534
2015	519
2016	973
2017	588
2018	1,202
2019	601
2020	770
2021	592
2022	1,013
2023	739
2024	641
2025	997
2026	498

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,207
50 to 100	70
100 to 150	35
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	8
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1