Weather Records on 18 April 1908

37 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1908. Highest significance: Bodalla Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 18 April 1908

On 18 April 1908, 37 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 34 daily.
Bodalla Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 18 April 1908.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

37 stations

37 station records on 18 April 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eversleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

37 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1908 by type: Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 30.

Records on 18 April 1908 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 April 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 34.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1908

Top 20 records on 18 April 1908 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1908	Bodalla Post Office, AU	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1908	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Albury, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Eversleigh, AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	9 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	St John's, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Buffalo, US	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1908	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	14 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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 1908

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1908. 1908 had 37 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1908-04-18: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 18 April 1908
Margin	Records
0 to 10	23
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2