Weather Records on 18 April 2024

641 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 2024. Highest significance: Kodiak AP, US.

Key Facts for 18 April 2024

On 18 April 2024, 641 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
358 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 627 daily.
Kodiak AP set a daily record precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 18 April 2024.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

641 stations

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

Weather records on 18 April 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Guiyang	China	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Toorooka (Moparrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yinchuan	China	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palen Creek Correctional	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Addis Ababa-Bole	Ethiopia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perry Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toguchin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morelia Mich.	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biak/Frans Kaisiepo	Indonesia	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juan Santamaria Intl	Costa Rica	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Esashi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antlers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bogucar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prade Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Samsun	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meacham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haikou	China	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Qionghai	China	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

641 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 269, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 18 April 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	269
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 18 April 2024 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 627.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 2024

Top 20 records on 18 April 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 2024	Kodiak AP, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2024	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2024	Guiyang, CN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Toorooka (Moparrabah), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	120 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Yinchuan, CN	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Detour Village, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Angledool (Angledool Station), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Adel, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Longview, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	134 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Greensboro, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Anaconda, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Elizabeth City, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Brenham, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Palen Creek Correctional, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2024	Addis Ababa-Bole, ET	all-time high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	48 years	40 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2024. 2024 had 641 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	485
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1