Weather Records on 18 April 2019

601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 2019. Highest significance: River Falls, US.

Key Facts for 18 April 2019

On 18 April 2019, 601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 589 daily.
River Falls set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 18 April 2019.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

601 stations

601 station records on 18 April 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Crivitz High Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Dam 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clintonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wis Rapids Grand Av B	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thunder Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Surprise Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Durand	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inza	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Fk 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park Creek Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maumelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsey	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elfin Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

601 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 246, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 18 April 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 18 April 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 589.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 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 April 2019

Top 20 records on 18 April 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 2019	River Falls, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	79 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2019	Faribault, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2019	St Peter, US	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	75 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2019	Crivitz High Falls, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2019	Escanaba, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	118 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2019	Daroca, ES	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2019	Hastings Dam 2, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2019	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2019	Baldwin, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Alma Dam 4, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Waldron, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Clintonville, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Wis Rapids Grand Av B, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Clovis 13 N, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Thunder Basin, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Surprise Bay, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2019	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	90 years	50 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2019. 2019 had 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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Data for records on 2019-04-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	480
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1